According to Tarasova, most often athletes who cannot join the national team choose to change their citizenship. She doesn’t think this poses a problem for Russian sport. Regarding the initiative of the Canadian federation, Tarasova noted that this is due to the lack of worthy skaters in its ranks.
In August, 17-year-old figure skater Sofya Samodelkina decided to change her sports citizenship and compete for Kazakhstan. She became a silver medalist at the Slovenian Junior Grand Prix and also won a silver medal at the Russian Junior Championships.
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Source: Sport
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